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Simple Steps to Climate Resilience

March 29, 2012, 6am PDT

Kaid Benfield highlights nine low-tech steps that he recommends can help communities prepare for the coming changes in global climate.

With average global temperature climbing at record rates and scientists speculating that average US temperatures could be 3 to 9 degrees higher by the end of the century, climate resilience has become a concern for researchers, planners, academics, and authorities.

Although large-scale coordinated efforts to diminish the warming trajectory will take time, investment, and leadership, there are several low-tech initiatives that individuals and groups can implement in their own communities to prepare for rising temperatures, notes Benfield.